Same old plot for Celtic's Swede

Swedish international Henrik Larsson underlined his claim to Europe's Golden Shoe at the weekend with a hat-trick for Celtic FC against Dunfermline Athletic FC in the Scottish Premier League.

Hat-trick hero While Larsson seeks to retain the individual prize he won last year, so his goals look like taking Celtic to a repeat of their 2001 championship win. He struck three times in the first half to take the league leaders 13 points clear of rivals Rangers FC - and could even afford to miss a fourth-minute penalty.

Larsson on the rise Consequently, the 30-year-old jumped four places in the Golden Shoe standings, from tenth to sixth. Joining him there - as well as on 23 league goals for the season - was KRC Genk's Wesley Sonck. The Belgian international grabbed a brace in his side's 4-4 draw with KFC Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen.

Morientes moves up The biggest mover, though, was Fernando Morientes of Real Madrid CF. Now eleventh in the rankings (he was 63rd last week) he hit five in Madrid's 7-0 thrashing of UD Las Palmas. Newcastle United FC's Alan Shearer, and Dario Hubner and Marco di Vaio of Piacenza FC and Parma AC, are level on points with the Spanish international. All scored at the weekend - with Hubner and Di Vaio's efforts taking them top of the Italian goal charts with 15 apiece.

Jardel leads the way However, it is Mario Jardel who leads the pan-European table from Maksim Gruznov from the Estonian club JK Trans Narva. But with the Estonian season over, the Brazilian's nearest challengers remain the FA Premiership-based Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC), Ruud van Nistelrooij (Manchester United FC) and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Chelsea FC).

Blank accountLike Jardel, who failed to find the target in Sporting Clube de Portugal's 1-1 draw with Gil Vicente FC, they all drew blanks at the weekend.

Latest standings (only league goals count):

Pos

Name

Club (Country)

Gls

Val

Pts

1

Mario Jardel

Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)

28

1.5

42

2

Maksim Gruznov

Trans Narva (EST)

37

1

37

3

Thierry Henry

Arsenal FC (ENG)

18

2

36

3

Ruud van Nistelrooij

Manchester United FC (ENG)

18

2

36

3

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Chelsea FC (ENG)

18

2

36

6

Henrik Larsson

Celtic FC(SCO)

23

1.5

34.5

6

Wesley Sonck

KRC Genk (BEL)

23

1.5

34.5

8

Pauleta

FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA)

17

2

34

9

Ronald Brunmayr

Grazer AK (AUT)

22

1.5

33

10

Christian Giménez

FC Lugano/FC Basel (SUI)

21

1.5

31.5

11

Fernando Morientes

Real Madrid CF (ESP)

15

2

30

11

Alan Shearer

Newcastle United FC (ENG)

15

2

30

11

Dario Hubner

Piacenza FC (ITA)

15

2

30

11

Marco Di Vaio

Parma AC (ITA)

15

2

30

15

Michael Owen

Liverpool FC (ENG)

14

2

28

15

Christian Vieri

Internazionale FC (ITA)

14

2

28

15

Christophe Darcheville

FC Lorient (FRA)

14

2

28

15

Cristiano Doni

Atalanta BC (ITA)

14

2

28

15

David Trezeguet

Juventus FC (ITA)

14

2

28

20

Dmitri Vyazmikin

FC Torpedo Moscow (RUS)

18

1.5

27

21

Filippo Maniero

Piacenza FC (ITA)

13

2

26

21

Andriy Shevchenko

Milan AC (ITA)

13

2

26

21

Djibril Cissé

AJ Auxerre (FRA)

13

2

26

24

Rune Lange

Club Brugge KV (BLS)

17

1.5

25.5

Last updated 11 February 2002

Note that Dmitri Vyazmikin has transferred from FC Torpedo Moscow to newly promoted Uralan Elista in the Russian league.

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